wæterclaþ
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of wæter (“water”) + clāþ (“cloth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wæterclāþ m
- a towel
Declension
[edit]Declension of wæterclāþ (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wæterclāþ | wæterclāþas |
| accusative | wæterclāþ | wæterclāþas |
| genitive | wæterclāþes | wæterclāþa |
| dative | wæterclāþe | wæterclāþum |
Further reading
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wæter-cláþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.